"The 33rd Group Army." Wei Dayong's expression changed, "Are you a subordinate of General Zhang Zizhong?"

"Yes!"

Yao Shangwu took out a mini book from his tunic and handed it to Wei Dayong with both hands: "This is the document that can prove my identity."

Wei Dayong took the certificate and opened it, Yao Shangwu, captain and deputy battalion commander of the 33rd Group Army.

At the same time, Ge Erdan stayed in Wei Dayong's ear and told him about the process of meeting Yao Shangwu and the photos he saw on the wall.

Wei Dayong asked Yao Shangwu: "Why don't you return to the original army?"

"I just came down from the battlefield in Zaoyi. The original troops were almost wiped out." Yao Shangwu said, "I, Yao Shangwu, am from the Taihang Mountains. I grew up on this land. Every inch of the land is our own. The devils want to occupy it."

Go ahead and I will fight him to the end!"

The old village chief said excitedly: "My dear, you haven't read your books in vain all these years!"

"That's good." Wei Dayong nodded, "But in your current situation, you can only join our Eighth Route Army as a soldier. Can you accept it?"

"As long as I can fight the Japanese, I don't care whether my official position is high or small."

Wei Dayong nodded and said: "Welcome to join the Special Operations Battalion of the 386th Brigade Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army!"

…

It was almost dark, so Wei Dayong called the battalion staff officer Liu Dali, the four company commanders and Sun Desheng together for a meeting.

Comrades from the county brigade confirmed that the Japs eliminated today were the Sanada Squadron stationed in Xiadian Town, and the squadron leader was Sanada Yukimura.

In other words, these are not the Japs in the Xiadian stronghold, but Wei Dayong's target this time is the Xiadian stronghold.

Now there are two roads in front of you.

The first is to return to Lijiacun.

The second is to continue moving forward, join up with the guerrilla comrades, and take away the Xia Dian stronghold.

Liu Dali analyzed: "If Sanada Squadron has not returned to Xiadian Town by evening, I am afraid that the Japs in Xiadian Town and Xiadian strongholds will be alerted and be on guard. The Japs may even send a search team to find the whereabouts of Sanada Squadron. Once we

Once his whereabouts are exposed, it will become more difficult to take down the Xia Dian stronghold."

Wei Dayong asked several company commanders: "How many bullets do the soldiers have left?"

First company commander Zhang Qing replied: "There is still half of the machine gun ammunition left."

"The submachine gun bullets are only half empty." Second Company Commander Meng Fugui said, "Batalion Commander, the submachine gun bullets are gone after all the shots..."

The Jin-made Thompson submachine gun uses .45 pistol bullets. This kind of bullet is not available in the Japanese army. The puppet troops will not equip it, and the border area manufacturing does not produce this kind of bullet.

Only the elite of the puppet army and the Jinsui Army are equipped with Jin-made Thompson submachine guns.

Of course, if you have money, you can buy it on the black market, but the quantity will not be particularly large.

It can be said that it is quite difficult to obtain large quantities of this kind of bullets.

A submachine gun without bullets is worse than a fire stick.

Wei Dayong said: "There are still some submachine gun bullets there. Even if they are all used up, I will find a way to get some more. Don't save bullets for me."

"Yes!" Meng Fugui replied.

Wang Xikuan, the commander of the third company, said: "Most of the weapons used by our third company are 38-gauge guns. We still have plenty of bullets. We also captured some grenade launchers and cantaloupe grenades."

Wang Chengzhu also said: "The artillery battery still has more than 120 rounds of artillery shells."

"Our cavalry company has not been wasted." Sun Desheng said, "It will be no problem to fight for another day and night!"

After listening to the report, Wei Dayong calculated in his mind that there were still enough bullets to fight a battle.

The special operations battalion suffered very few casualties in the first battle at Yaojiayu, with only a dozen soldiers killed or injured.

Sanada Yukimura was a little too arrogant. As soon as he was attacked at the beginning, he concentrated most of his troops at the entrance of the village, hoping to use his firepower superiority to repel the eight groups, and then launch a counterattack to defeat them in one fell swoop.

But he encountered the 386th Brigade Independent Regiment Special Operations Battalion, which was very different in terms of firepower and troop strength.

But if Yukimura Sanada builds two or three lines of defense and relies on houses to block the attack, the special operations battalion will definitely suffer a lot of casualties.

Wei Dayong ordered: "Let the comrades from the county brigade help escort the wounded and Yaojiayu villagers back to the base area. The original plan remains unchanged. The special operations battalion continues to move forward to meet the guerrillas. Everyone, get ready. We will set off in ten minutes!"

This time the target is the Xia Dian stronghold. If the stronghold is not taken down, Wei Dayong will not be able to go back easily.

That's not his character.

Everyone shouted in unison: "Yes!"

"Old Wei, isn't it a bit risky to do this?"

After several company commanders left, Liu Dali said to Wei Dayong with some worry.

Wei Dayong said: "Don't worry, if you can beat me, I'll run away if you can't. If I'm not sure, I will never risk the lives of the soldiers."

In fact, Wei Dayong often conveys the concept to the soldiers of the special operations battalion that the first priority on the battlefield is to survive.

What he wants is not cannon fodder, but soldiers!

"Okay." Liu Dali nodded, feeling relieved.

All the soldiers of the special operations battalion were ready and were about to set off. Liang Shan, the captain of the county brigade, walked up to Wei Dayong and said, "Captain Wei, I heard that you are going to attack the Xia Dian stronghold?"

Wei Dayong nodded and said: "Today the entire Sanada Squadron was wiped out in Yaojiayu. If we don't kill the Japs in the Xiadian Stronghold and Xiadian Town, the villages outside the base area may suffer even more crazy revenge from the Japs in Xiadian.

Only when the Japanese are beaten to pain and scared, will they not dare to leave their nest easily."

Liang Shan rolled up his sleeves: "The Japs in the Xia Dian stronghold killed several comrades in our county brigade. Our county brigade will go with you to avenge the villagers and the sacrificed comrades."

"Your county brigade should still be responsible for escorting the wounded and fellow villagers." Wei Dayong frowned.

"Don't look down on others just because you are the main force!" Liang Shan said, "Although we are a county brigade and cannot match your main force in fighting the Japanese, we are not afraid of death."

Wei Dayong said: "Don't get me wrong, the task of escorting the wounded and civilians is equally important."

"Captain Wei, don't worry, our county brigade will never hold back your main force." Liang Shan said, "The maintenance president of Xiadian Town is one of ours, and he can provide information on the Japs in Xiadian Town."

"oh?"

Wei Dayong thought for a moment and said, "You can go, but all actions of the county brigade must be under my command."

"Okay, the county brigade is at your command."

Seeing that Wei Dayong agreed, Liang Shan had a smile on his face and tucked his hair behind his ears.

The county brigade detached half of its troops, and the special operations battalion took a squad from the third company to escort the wounded and villagers back to the base area.

The special operations battalion, the cavalry company and the other half of the county brigade marched towards Xiadian Town under the cover of night.

The equipment of the county brigade was too rudimentary, so Wei Dayong ordered thirty 38-gauge guns and some bullets to be given to them from the seized guns and ammunition.

Less than five minutes after setting off, Yao Shangwu caught up from behind and expressed his intention to participate in this operation.

Wei Dayong had no choice but to temporarily assign Yao Shangwu to Wang Chengzhu's artillery battery.

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